Like, really. I plan to rectify that this week, but know for now that they've nabbed 32 former ADV titles.
Today they announced "their agreement to transfer ARM’s interest in select series to FUNimation." FUNi gets the rights to release these titles on DVD here in the US and elsewhere. So, ADV lost these Sojitz titles and FUNi gets them instead? Was ADV not willing to pay enough?
“We are very enthusiastic about these titles,” said Gen Fukunaga, president and CEO of FUNimation Entertainment. “Not only are these excellent series, but they also fuel FUNimation’s major initiatives in social networking, the FUNimation Channel and internet VOD. These new titles cement FUNimation as the leading anime provider for television broadcast and legitimate online content. These shows allow us to increasingly provide the best anime to our fans on their own terms.”
Hit the jump for the list, which includes personal favorites like Magikano, Air and Kanon. These titles will be released later this year.
I don't know the specifics of what's up here, but I know that ADV is sucking lately. What do you think?
[Via Gia]
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Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy
Air Gear
Air movie
Air TV
Blade of the Phantom Master
Comic Party Revolution
Coyote Ragtime Show
Devil May Cry
Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor TV
Jing, King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven
Jinki:Extend
Kanon
Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora
Le Chevalier D’Eon
Magikano
Moeyo Ken TV
Moonlight Mile
Murder Princess
Nerima Daikon Brothers
Pani Poni Dash!
Project Blue Earth SOS
Pumpkin Scissors
Red Garden
Sgt. Keroro 1st & 2nd
Tokyo Majin
UFO Princess Valkyrie
Utawarerumono
Venus Versus Virus
The Wallflower
Welcome to the NHK
Xenosaga